I'm really hoping someone can give me a general idea of how much these are worth. My step-brothers' mom just passed away and they are going through her things, so along with what they said was literally 100's of skeins of yarn and various rafting supplies they're seinding me, she has an embroidery machine and a serger that I would like to buy.

The embroidery machine is a Singer Quantum XL100.

The serger is a Brother Lock 929D.

Any idea? I search ebay and saw the Quantum for $500 and for $175. They didn't have any of the Brother. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone! Meet Thing One and Thing Two. Thing one has the barbershop quartet mustache. Thing Two is sporting an odd sort of mohawk.

If you don't know what poi are, they are various objects dangling from string or chain of some sort, used to spin while dancing or just moving around. Some of them have flags, some glow, some are on fire. These are fuzzy!

They were a bit labor intensive, mainly because it is HARD AS HELL to cut a tennis ball with dull scissors and a pair of wire-clippers. Neither is it easy to rip the fuzzy stuff off the ball to get a template for the fur. I only got it done because I tend to get obsessed easily.

I was wondering if any of you have done festival vending, and if so, if you have any advice to pass along. My boyfriend and I are planning to give it a go next year. He's done it before, but I have not, and I'm a lot more picky about certain things than he is. LMAO.

I'm recently started sewing clothing, but mostly I've been using quilting cotton, because it's cheap and readily available. However, I don't like how stiff most of it is, AND I live in the southern US and it's not the coolest or lightest cotton in the world. I'd like to order some online, but I don't know what to look for. Can anyone help me out with suggestions? Thanks!

I just finished these pants. I made them for my boyfriend. I'm not sure he's ever going to take them off. lol.

He's a drummer, so he asked me if I could do a steal your face applique with a drum in it. This is only the second time I've ever done applique (the moon dress I posted before was the first). It didn't come out quite like I was hoping. The circle was a bitch and ended up slightly off, and I wanted to applique the drum and skull instead of drawing them, but by the time I got the circle and the skull on, I was done. ugh. I'm trying the freezer paper method next time. The pin and turn under as you go method sucks.

Anyway, I'm thrilled with the overall result, but more importantly, he is. I think he's out running around the neighborhood showing them off.